The last thing Rebecca Timmons remembers about Dec. 9, 2015, is driving home after hanging out with friends.

Timmons said she woke up two weeks later in the hospital after being in a coma. She said she couldn't remember anything.

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"Everybody just kept saying I shouldn't have survived with that type if hit. With the injuries that I had, I should have never survived, but I guess I'm too stubborn," said Timmons.

The Martin County 911 communications officer said she was traveling in her personal car near Indian Street and Kanner Highway when she was T-boned on her driver side by a suspected drunk driver.

"It ruptured my bladder, they had to rebuild it and crushed my diaphragm and my spleen. My spleen had to be removed. I have a skull fracture, my wrist is broken and my pelvis is fractured in multiple places, that's why I can’t walk," said Timmons.

Timmons loves to fish and she used to fish every day.

Right now, she's confined to her living room sofa and says it's going to take months to recover from her injuries.

"I cry a lot. I don't understand why it happened. It's hard depending on other people because I have to depend on them for everything."

Sgt. Mark Wysocky said the driver of the second vehicle involved in the crash, Joseph Michael Ligman, is facing DUI charges.

Deputy Jon Folbrecht said the organization called Heroes Memorial Foundation is trying to raise money to help with her medical and utility bills.

"It's a big family and our dispatchers are a part of that family. We consider dispatchers to be heroes just like a police officer, a correction officer, a firefighter, EMT, paramedics. They're all heroes. They are the ones who answer the phone call when you are in desperate need of help, so that you can get the other heroes to come to you," said Folbrecht.

He said they are trying to raise $30,000 and her recovery period could last up to six months.

A Rallying for Rebecca Page has been set up on Facebook for anyone who would like to help.